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January
27, 2006
Cuba
Arrests Sunflower Founder
Czech supermodel Helena Houdova took a break from the catwalk
to visit communist Cuba and was arrested for taking photo
graphs in a slum. The former Miss Czech Republic 1999 runs
a foundation in New York that supports disadvantaged children
and wanted to see what she could do to help in Cuba.
Cuban security police detained Houdova and her companion,
Czech psychologist Mariana Kroftova, while they were taking
photographs in the poor Havana area of Arroyo Naranjo. They
were released 11 hours later after signing a letter saying
they would not engage in "counter-revolutionary"
activities.
"We were afraid," Houdova said. "We grew
up under communism and know what it is like."
- Reuters
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